Extent:
230 photographs, including negatives and prints in color and black and white.
90 digital objects

Repository: The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

Abstract: The Disabled Students' Program Photograph collection includes
images of events and individuals associated with the program. Formats include negatives and
prints in black and white and color.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite
and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Disabled Students Program photograph collection, UARC PIC 28H,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog

University of California,
Berkeley. Disabled Students Program--Pictorial works.

College students with
disabilities--California--Berkeley--Photographs.

People with
disablities--California--Berkeley--Photographs

Students with
disabilities--California--Berkeley--Photographs.

Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
collection

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Disabled Students' Program Records were transferred to the University
Archives in increments beginning in 1993.

Transferred from the Disabled Students Program records (CU-479).

Processing Information

Processed by Susan Storch.

Biographical Note

In 1962 Edward V. Roberts became the first student with severe mobility impairments to live
on campus in the Cowell Hospital. Following Roberts's successful first year, the
University admitted John Hessler, the second student with a severe mobility impairment. By
October 1967, there were seven severely physically disabled students living in Cowell
Hospital, and Carl J. Ross, the hospital administrator, proposed a program to serve ten to
twelve disabled students. The California Department of Rehabilitation funded the Cowell
Residence Program in 1968.

In the spring quarter of 1970, the Associated Students of the university of California at
Berkeley voted to supplement Health Education and Welfare (HEW) funding for a program for
students with disabilities, and the Physically Disabled Students' Program was
established in July with a grant of $81,000 from HEW.

In 1975 the California Department of Rehabilitation established a contract with the
University. Renewed annually, it covers a full-time Coordinator of the Residence Program and
Special Assistants who help students enhance their independent living skills. In 1982 the
word "physically" was dropped from the name of the program.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Disabled Students' Program Photograph collection includes images of events and
individuals associated with the program. Formats include negatives and prints in black and
white and color.

Container Listing

Berkeley Candids1970's UARC PIC 28H:001-004

Physical Description:
4 photographs

Scope/Content

Berkeley Candids includes candid shots of life around the University of Berkeley Campus
of persons and events associated with the Disabled Students' Program.